First in UP: NSA invoked against gangster for firing at Chinese MNC's guard

The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration Monday invoked the stringent National Security Act against a gangster for allegedly firing on a security guard at the construction site of a Chinese smartphone firm.

Senior officials said slapping NSA against a gangster for firing at a foreign firm's guard was the first of its kind action in Uttar Pradesh as such an act could jeopardise international trade and ties and vitiate investment climate in the region.

On January 31, some Sundar Bhati gang members had opened fire on the security guard deployed at the construction site of Oppo smartphone factory in Greater Noida.

Later, it had emerged that it was done at the behest of local people who wanted to secure contracts for the firm's civil works like those for water supply and transportation, they said.'